Stalk-cutter.



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WILLIAM HARVEY OHARA, OF GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPI.

STALK-GUTTER.

Application filed August 10, 1917.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that WILLIAM H. OI-IARA, acitizen of the United States, residing at Greenville, in the county ofWashington and State of Mississippi, has invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Stalk-Cut ters; and he does hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and tothe letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a partof this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in a stalk cutteradapted to be attached to the felly of an ordinary wagon wheel.

The invention comprises a simple and eflicient device of this naturehaving various details of construction, combinations and arrangements ofparts, which will be hereinafter fully described, shown in theaccompanying drawings and then specifically defined in the appendedclaims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings which, with theletters of reference marked thereon, form apart of this specificationand in which:

Figure l is a side elevation showing the application of my invention toa wagon.

wheel.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view.

Fig. 3 is a large detail in section through one of the cutter carryingshoes, and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line l4. of Fig. 3.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter:

A designates the felly of a wagon wheel with a tire B thereon. Shoes,each designed by letter D, are formed on the arc of a curve and each isrecessed as at E upon its inner face and adapted to fit over the follyof the wheel. Bolts F are passed through registering apertures in thewalls of the recess and serve to securely hold the shoes upon the rimSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 4, 191 "3.

Serial No. 185,547.

of the wheel. The outer convexed edge of each shoe is provided withtransverse clovetailed recesses. The inner ends of the cutting blades Ihave their opposite faces in clined and adapted to conform to theinclination of the walls of the recesses in which they are held. Eachblade has a beveled portion K. Screws L pass through each shoe andengage the inner edges of the blades I, in the manner shown in Fig. 4 ofthe drawings; thus insuring the blades being securely anchored to theshoe.

By the provision of a stallccutter, embodying the features of myinvention, it will be noted that shoes may be easily attached to orremoved from the ordinary wagon wheel and utilized for the purpose ofcutting stalks into short lengths of convenient size to be plowedunderneath the ground.

What I claim to be new is:

1. In combination with a wagon wheel, a shoe having a concaved recessreceiving the tire and rim, bolts passing through opposite walls in theshoe and engaged with the inner marginal edge of the rim of the wheel tohold the shoe in place thereon, the outer convexed edge of the shoehaving transverse slots, blades fitted in said slots and projectingbeyond the opposite faces of the shoe.

2. In combination with a wagon wheel, a shoe having a concaved recessreceiving the tire and rim, bolts passing through opposite walls in theshoe and engaged with the inner marginal edge of the rim of the wheel tohold the shoe in place thereon, the outer convexed edge of the shoehaving dove-tailed slots, blades with inclined faces fitted in saidslots, said blades projecting beyond the opposite faces of the shoe, andmeans passing through the shoes for holding the blades in lace. p Intestimony whereof I hereunto afiiX my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

I/VILLIAM HARVEY OI-IARA. Witnesses:

T. B. VAN NORMAN, W. W. RICHARDSON.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 6.

